NAPO Austin Chapter

Reba was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas (Rock Chalk!) but has lived in Austin, TX since 2010. She met and married her husband a short time later, and lives with him and her 2 school-age children in the North Central Austin area. After a 12-year career in healthcare, she began her organizing business in 2021, and became a Certified Professional Organizer® in 2025. Reba loves spending her time helping others, exercising, intentionally resting, reading, and hosting friends on her back patio under our beautiful oak tree.

Sahiba Bassi (she/her/hers) was born and raised all across India. She has a Bachelor's in Architecture and MBA in Human Resources. She moved to the United States in early 2019 after marrying her better half. She decided to put her passion (and skills!) for organizing to use and started her own business as a Professional Organizer in 2020. She has been a member of NAPO since then. Today, she has worked with a lot of different clients all across Austin while adding residential organizing, household management badges, as well as Coaching to her repertoire. Her clients love working with her and are amazed at how she transforms not only their spaces but also their lives by having clutter-free, thoughtfully organized homes and offices!

Debbie Stanley (she/her) teaches music professionals around the world how to get their act together with systems for organizing and productivity that actually work for creative minds. She’s a licensed mental health counselor and organizational psychologist with extensive field experience who enjoys translating the eye-glazing rhetoric of her scholarly education into concepts that make sense in everyday life. Debbie holds a B.F.A. in journalism, an M.A. in industrial and organizational psychology, an M.S. in mental health counseling, and a perpetual devotion to continuing education.

Since starting her company, Thoughts In Order, in 1997, Debbie established herself as a speaker, instructor, author, and consultant to clients across all industries. Upon moving from Detroit to Austin in 2012, she sharpened her focus to the music industry, digging into the systems that drive every aspect of a music career. Her past and current project portfolio ranges from large-scale conference and festival production to one-on-one consultation and coaching of music creators and industry professionals.

Debbie’s latest book, The Organized Musician, helps independent artists around the world to get their act together and live their dream of a career in music. Well-received as the basis of her South by Southwest presentation “Time Management for Musicians,” The Organized Musician has become a workbook, touchstone, and traveling companion for artists throughout the U.S. and beyond. Debbie is also the author of books for peers including Newbie Pitfalls, Ethical Pitfalls for Professional Organizers, and Let Me Show You the Basement: A Guide to Staying Safe in Clients’ Homes.

As an educator, Debbie has offered courses, workshops, and conference presentations for client groups, peers, and higher education students for over twenty years. She is the developer and instructor of several courses within the official curriculum of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and professor of “Music Career Organization,” a course she was invited to develop for Austin Community College's respected Music Business degree. As a required course, "Music Career Organization" is the first of its kind in any college or university music industry degree program.

In addition to NAPO and NAPO Austin, Debbie is honored to be a Professional Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and a member of the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians' Pearl Society.

Kelly was born and raised in Buffalo, NY, and moved to Austin in 2022 with her husband and two young children. That same year, she turned her passion for organization into a career, helping busy moms simplify their homes and lives. Before becoming a full-time mom, Kelly worked as a project manager in an architecture and engineering firm. Her background in planning and efficiency now shapes her approach to organizing, making the process both practical and stress-free. She loves helping professional moms feel like they can finally come up for air. The “sigh of relief” at the end of a session is what fuels her passion for this work. When she’s not organizing, Kelly enjoys hiking, traveling, crafting, and listening to country music.

Lindsay Palmgren (she/her/hers) was born in southeastern Michigan to a family of entrepreneurs. Her childhood frequently involved spending many days at her parent’s workplaces, often assisting with various office tasks like faxing, filing and organizing office supplies, in exchange for a McDonald’s apple pie and a crisp $5 bill! Lindsay obtained her Bachelors degree from Northwood University in Michigan and majored in Advertising, Marketing and Business Management.

What followed next was whirlwind of a career in marketing and advertising in various industries, such as print media, and market research. Lindsay enjoyed creating new ways to improve efficiency and productivity wherever she went, and frequently found herself in front of spreadsheets, leading meetings about database efficiency, and color-coding files. Several years later, after juggling the corporate business world, getting married, having two children, and moving to Texas in 2010, it should come as no surprise that Lindsay became a Professional Organizer and started her own business, 3e Organizing. Lindsay values her time with clients, and has a reputation for making sure each person she connects with feels honored and respected in the process of getting organized. She aims to provide everyone with the 3e’s: Energy, Empathy, and Empowerment.

A self-proclaimed education junkie, Lindsay enjoys being a member of NAPO and taking advantage of all the classes and learning opportunities she can find. She has completed several organizer training programs, the NAPO Household Management Certificate, NAPO Residential Organizing Certificate, and is currently working on coaching courses through Coach Approach. Lindsay is very active in her community, and believes in forming community through volunteer work with various organizations, including her children’s school PTAs, service and social groups. Eventually, after winning the award for “Most Meetings Attended” (twice!), the Austin NAPO Chapter finally persuaded her to join the board as the Treasurer this year, and she is excited and proud to serve in this role.

When she’s not glued to her computer or a label-maker, Lindsay can be found binge-watching reruns of “Friends”, exploring Austin with her husband and two kids in search of the best breakfast tacos, growing her plant collection, or doing crafts. She has also been known to ‘get down’ to 1990’s R&B and eat chocolate while hiding from her kids."

Amélie [Ah-meh-lee] Saint-Jacques (she/her/hers) is a TCK who grew up in Canada, the U.S., and China. She settled in Montreal, Quebec, for university and the first part of her professional life. After working several years in a flower shop, she completed her studies and jumped into a career as a translator (English-French). Her favorite part of the job was writing subtitles for DVDs; she branched out to other types of written documents, both for the layperson and for specialized audiences.

A move to San Antonio, Texas, eventually led to a career change. Since she had always loved organizing, she took classes with NAPO and hung out her shingle as a professional home organizer, both in person and virtually, in 2019. She then became a Certified KonMari® Consultant in 2021 to further help her clients.

Amélie volunteered with the NAPO Austin social media committee before becoming the Director of Marketing in 2022.

She now lives in San Antonio with her husband and their two children. Amélie is also a lactose-intolerant foodie who also enjoys knitting, reading, and travelling in her spare time.

Angela Aitken was raised in a small town outside of Houston, Texas, and relocated to San Antonio in 2017, a city she now proudly calls home. After retiring from a 35-year career in the medical laboratory industry, she found herself at a crossroads. Embracing her lifelong passion for organization and her love of helping others create peaceful, functional spaces, she launched Finding Function Home Organization.

Angela holds a NAPO Residential Organizing Certificate and is committed to expanding her expertise with additional certifications. She views every day as a learning opportunity and finds great joy in sharing her knowledge with clients, empowering them to simplify, organize, and thrive.